Iran’s Rouhani rejects talks with Washington

Published: 22 May 2019 09:52 PM BdST Updated: 22 May 2019 09:52 PM BdST Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected talks with the United States on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump said Iran would call and ask for negotiations “if and when they are ever ready”. div.storyContent div.custombody table{ color:#000000; width:100%; border:1px solid #8DBDD8; margin:10px 0; […]

Caroline Glick: Fear the ‘Stache — Trump’s Iran Policy Is Working

Former President Barack Obama once accused opponents of the Iran deal of making “common cause” with America’s enemies. In keeping with his slanderous allegation, since May 5, when National Security Advisor John Bolton announced that the U.S. was deploying the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln carrier group to the Persian Gulf, the Iranian regime and former Obama […]

VOICES FROM THE ARAB PRESS: THE MULLAHS’ REGIME IS BOUND TO FALL

Whether the mullahs admit this or not, Iran is on a direct trajectory to becoming a failed state. This tendency will only increase with time. Then, the mullahs’ regime will collapse. MEDIA LINE May 22, 2019 17:34 THE MULLAHS’ REGIME IS BOUND TO FALL Al-Jazirah, Saudi Arabia, The survival of the mullah regime in Tehran […]

DoD Mulls Deploying 5,000 Troops to Middle East Amid Tensions with Iran – Report

The United States may consider sending thousands of more American troops to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, media reported on Wednesday. Pentagon officials are expected to meet with members of the White House national security team as soon as Thursday to discuss a plan, CNN reported citing three US officials familiar with the matter. The officials underscored that no […]

Russia wades into Turkey-U.S. S-400 tensions

Moscow considers the US demands to Turkey to “give up the purchase of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile defense systems unacceptable.” Seth J. Frantzman May 22, 2019 17:06 Russian servicemen drive S-400 missile air defense systems during the Victory Day parade, marking the 73rd anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, at […]

U.S. Sanctions Russian Arms Makers Over Alleged Iran, N. Korea and Syria Dealings

May. 22, 2019 The United States has sanctioned two Russian arms manufacturers and a missile training center for allegedly violating international arms control restrictions on exports to Iran, North Korea and Syria. The move was a response to the Russian entities’ transfer of restricted goods, services and technologies to the countries in violation of a U.S. […]

Iran newspaper: Houthis are capable of reducing Saudi oil exports to zero

The editorial did not go as far as claiming that Iran was behind last week’s attack. By TZVI JOFFRE May 22, 2019 23:16   1 minute read. The Iran-backed Houthis intend to expand attacks on Saudi Arabia to “no fewer than 300 military and other vital targets in Saudi Arabia” and are “capable of reducing […]

Iran leader slams his president, foreign minister over nuke deal handling

With US tensions running high over demise of agreement, Ayatollah Khamenei says Rouhani and Zarif did not implement landmark accord how he told them to By AP and TOI STAFFToday, 11:30 pm  0 1shares Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and President Hassan Rouhani greet at the official endorsement ceremony of President Rouhani in Tehran, Iran, August. 3, 2017. […]

Iran newspaper: Houthis are capable of reducing Saudi oil exports to zero

The editorial did not go as far as claiming that Iran was behind last week’s attack. TZVI JOFFRE May 22, 2019 23:16 Houthi fighters ride on the back of trucks as they take part in a parade in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen August 24, 2017. The placards read: “Allah is the […]

ANALYSIS: The war between the US and Iran has already begun

Iran is already using its many proxies to target the US and its allies, while planning a multi-front war with Israel. Yochanan Visser, 22/05/19  “Will there be a war between the United States and Iran?” a friend asked me last week. “It has already started” I answered him, adding that Iran is a world champion […]

Iranian Threats Must be Taken Deadly Seriously

Many in the Western World will claim that we should take threats made by Iran with a large measure of salt. Their reasoning is that no sane leader would risk such destruction upon their nation, its infrastructure and especially its people. We could not argue with this reasoning as no sane leader would risk such […]

Ruthie BlumIran’s proxy war is the real problem

While a full-scale war with Tehran does not appear likely in the near future, low-intensity conflict against the West and its allies already is already being waged all over the world. (May 21, 2019 / JNS) Sunday night’s landing of a Katyusha rocket less than half a mile from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was […]

Hamas and Islamic Jihad are Terrorist Organizations and Should be Treated as Such

Guy MillièreMay 21, 2019 at 5:00 amhttps://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14247/hamas-islamic-jihad-terrorist-organizations The leaders of the Palestinian Authority (PA) walked away from the negotiating table a long time ago and show no interest in returning. They have continually refused to do what the Trump administration has asked: stop funding terrorism. They have shown again and again that they do not […]

Risk of nuclear war now highest since WW2, U.N. arms research chief says

GENEVA (Reuters) – The risk of nuclear weapons being used is at its highest since World War Two, a senior U.N. security expert said on Tuesday, calling it an “urgent” issue that the world should take more seriously. Renata Dwan, director of the U.N. Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), said all states with nuclear weapons […]